Syntrichia pagorum(Milde) J.J.Amann

tortula moss

WFO wfo-0001191356 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by Henry de Lange
fig. a Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-02-09 / obs. 88832723
Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by Henry de Lange
fig. b Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88832728
Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by Zihao Wang
fig. c Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176270309
Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by C.
fig. d C., CC0 1.0 / obs. 27822874
Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by Wouter Van Landuyt
fig. e Wouter Van Landuyt, CC0 1.0 / obs. 107247425
Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by Zihao Wang
fig. f Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176270302
Syntrichia pagorum, photographed by Henry de Lange
fig. g Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88832758

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Barbula alpina subsp. pagorum (Milde) Kindb.
  • Barbula asperifolia Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula crawfordii Paris
  • Barbula laevipila f. pagorum (Milde) Molendo
  • Barbula laevipila subsp. pagorum (Milde) Husn.
  • Barbula pagorum Milde
  • Barbula saccardoana (De Not.) Grav.
  • Syntrichia laevipila var. pagorum (Milde) Mönk.
  • Syntrichia laevipila var. propagulifera (Lindb.) Jur.
  • Syntrichia laevipila var. wachteri (Barkman) Düll
  • Tortula alpina var. propagulifera (Lindb.) E.B.Bartram
  • Tortula asperifolia Broth.
  • Tortula crawfordii (Paris) Watts
  • Tortula laevipila var. notarisii Barkman
  • Tortula laevipila var. pagorum (Milde) Warnst.
  • Tortula laevipila var. propagulifera Lindb.
  • Tortula laevipila var. saccardoana (De Not.) Barkman
  • Tortula laevipila var. wachteri Barkman
  • Tortula pagorum (Milde) De Not.
  • Tortula propagulata Laz.
  • Tortula saccardoana De Not.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol TOPA7. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.